Easter:
Discussion with James

Friday 15th April 2022

EASTER HOLIDAYS WEEK 3 - CATCH-UP & SESSION WITH JAMES

Today, we scheduled a discussion with James to discuss the new version of the game with a sample of music and additional snowflakes.

EASTER - TEAM DISCUSSION WITH JAMES

Friday 15th April - 3:00pm

Purpose for Discussion:

Discuss changes with Game Version 4, problem-solving and next steps.

NOTES:

Discuss changes made to new game version
Special snowflakes - interactive snowflakes and snowflakes that just fall for visual effect
To make fewer snowflakes - change value on Line 33
Collectable snowflakes are on loop
Line 16 - for music, change tracks
Pass in URLS
Put tracks in music folder
Put tracks in Audio manager - Line 48
Line 38 - change number of flakes
Need to add UI to begin the game - can make a small hand drawn icon
To change begin button - Line 26/27
Line 49 - change text 'begin'.
Snowfall: Controller of all snowflakes
Snow crystals/snowflakes: fall
Line 10 - interactive snowflakes
Images > assets folder > change snowflake.png
Line 9 - ordinary snowflakes, lower opacity, random size, simple points/circles
Line 10 - hide live feed of webcam
Line 29 - change dove to our bird
Animation - how do we input? Input each sprite. James to help us with program for animation.

CONCLUSION

NEXT STEPS

Continue working on asset and sound production for the remainder of the Easter Holidays.
Organise a meeting with James the following week - once back on timetable at Uni.
Think about how we might change things - input our own snowflake design and bird animation.
Have assets created and tested ready for implementation by the 27th April.

TO DO LIST NEXT WEEK

Continue working on Asset Creation - individual team tasks.
Update Instagram and Twitter

EVALUATION & REFLECTION

WHAT WENT WELL?

We are making great progress with asset creation and our game is gradually developing into what we want it to be! We discussed ways to adjust the code and replace values with our own which we will begin to do once we have finished asset creation. Overall, It was good to discuss our next steps with the game and we are happy with its recent progression. We have our fourth game version!

WHAT DIDN'T GO WELL? CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS WEEK:

We intend to have a final version complete for one wall and will begin to think about extending this once we have this complete and playable. Meaning, this should become our major focus once we have the assets created and program finalised for a version with one singular wall/projection.

NEXT STEPS FOR THIS WEEK:

We will both continue with asset creation and plan to have this complete by the end of the Easter Holidays - Week 9. Throughout this week and next I plan to regularly update both our Instagram and Twitters.

TRELLO - UPDATED TO DO LIST

https://trello.com/invite/b/XQyFGSIT/821d9c2572f15025b306d2268f14624a/getaway-project-management

Easter: Discussion with James

Easter:
Discussion with James